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The national mood, when it comes to inflation, cost of living and the economy, is "very sour", said Professor Greer, who is co-director of the Vanderbilt poll.

The sour mood as jobs are hard to find and the cost of living keeps rising bodes poorly for the holiday shopping season that starts the day after Thanksgiving.

The sour mood at a time when jobs are hard to find and the cost of living keeps rising bodes poorly for the holiday shopping season that starts the day after Thanksgiving.

“The public in general feels pretty grumpy,” said Kelly — although soured consumer sentiment doesn’t necessarily lead to less spending.

But it's a sour end for more than 80 countries, who negotiated through the night to keep stronger fossil fuel language in the deal.